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ICPC begins monitoring of constituency projects in Ogun

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has begun phase two of constituency and executive projects monitoring and tracking worth N399 million in Ogun state.

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Chairman of the ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, represented by the Lagos Commissioner of ICPC, Mr. Shintema Binga, made this known during an inspection exercise in Sagamu, Ogun state on Friday.

A block of three classrooms and a block of four classrooms were inspected by the ICPC officers in Sagamu, Ikenne and Odogbolu towns in Ogun state.

Owasanoye said the commission was not out to witch-hunt anybody, group or contractor, but to discharge its mandate which was being vigorously pursued by the vision of the agency.

“The aim of the exercise is to assess projects executed in Sagamu and its environs, with a view to ensuring that the benefiting communities are not short-changed.

“We are here also to examine whether the projects met the specification as stated in the contract and to see whether the projects have been completed.

“The ICPC personnel will be assessing projects with a view to identifying those that are either poorly executed, abandoned, over-inflated or that are non-existent,” he said.

Owasanoye said that a unit called constituency and executive project tracking unit was established in 2019 by the current ICPC chairman, due to the yearnings of Nigerians.

According to him, there are calls by Nigerians that some of the senators and some members of the House of Representatives do not execute projects at their senatorial districts and federal constituencies with the money collected.

The ICPC chairman enjoined residents to provide useful information to ICPC officers on any abandoned project in their areas and appealed to National Assembly lmembers to execute good and durable projects in their constituencies. 

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